Cadentown School

Cadentown School - a segregated county school located on Liberty Road, at Todds Road in eastern Fayette County (near Richmond Road).  The school housed grades 1 to 6.  The school was established around 1873 and closed after the Second World War.  Cadentown was a settlement for freed slaves after the Civil War.  The town and school were named after Owen Caden.

Cadentown School , a segregated county school, circa 1901   <1901>

Cooking Class, circa 1901   <Faulconer>

References: 
William M. Ambrose, Bluegrass Schools, Limestone Press, Lexington, 2012.
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